The Hoosier State may have some prominent sports franchises and the Indy 500, but it also has been declared as the state with the highest rate of black homicides. Of course, the gun control movement was quick to blame weak gun laws (via KPNX):
It is common knowledge that murder rates in major cities in the United States have been on a decline over the past few years. In California, for instance, 1,699 people were killed in 2014. Though that figure is still high, it indicated a drop of 3% in comparison to the previous year’s figure.
The correlation between the homicide rate and Brady score in all 51 jurisdictions is +.032 (on a scale of -1 to +1), which means that states with more gun restrictions on average have very slightly higher homicide rates, though the tendency is so small as to be essentially zero. (If you omit the fatal gun accident rates, then the correlation would be +.065, which would make the more gun-restricting states look slightly worse; but again, the correlation would be small enough to be essentially zero, given all the other possible sources of variation.)
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders received a strong reaction on Twitter Sunday night after being asked during the CNN Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan, to cite his “racial blindspots.”
According to Census figures in 2013, 18.9 million whites are poor. That’s 8 million more poor white people than poor black people, and more than 5 million more than those who identify as Latino. A majority of those benefiting from programs like food stamps and Medicaid are white, too.
On Saturday and Sunday four states and one territory held presidential primary contests. Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Bernie Sanders notched big wins, yet Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton still remain the respective frontrunners of their parties.
So Lil Wayne came through IND today. At the same time he was due to depart, there was a military C130 arriving. It parked next to the Gulfstream he was on, and about 30 men in uniform crossed the ramp into the lobby. After they walked in front of the G-550, Lil Wayne apparently told his pilots he wanted off. They shut down their engines, and he and his boys got off their plane, came into the lobby, and shook every one of the service men’s hands. There was no press and no one to show off for…just a seemingly genuine act of respect. I know a lot of controversy surrounds him but, today, I was impressed.
This morning, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks – the first time it has laid claim to any attacks in Europe. It released a rambling statement in French, referring to a music concert as a “profligate prostitution party”. It also seemed to reference Charlie Hebdo. Here is an English translation:-
Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to suspend efforts to bring Syrian refugees to Michigan in light of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday has sparked controversy and launched the state into the national debate of how to protect U.S. citizens while providing a haven for those who desperately need help.
“In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris, effective immediately, I am directing all state agencies to suspend the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees in the state of Indiana pending assurances from the federal government that proper security measures have been achieved. Indiana has a long tradition of opening our arms and homes to refugees from around the world but, as governor, my first responsibility is to ensure the safety and security of all Hoosiers. Unless and until the state of Indiana receives assurances that proper security measures are in place, this policy will remain in full force and effect.”
President Barack Obama said that ISIS was ‘contained’ just a day before the terrorist group claimed responsibility for a horrific attack in Paris that killed 128 people on Friday.
The Daily Mail has the details of what the French government is admitting was a “failure of intelligence” as Iraqi spies warned the West of the possibility of a suicide bomb threat.
Officials believe he is linked to the thwarted attacks on a Paris-bound high-speed train and Paris area church earlier this year, according to The Associated Press. The train attack was stopped by three young American passengers on board.
French authorities are scrambling to find exactly how these ISIS terrorists were able to plan such an elaborate, multifaceted attack right under their noses. Standard communication channels such as land lines, cell phones and email are all monitored, but terrorists may have utilized the PS4 to facilitate their evil doings.
The UNHCR referral is a crucial first step to gaining admittance to the U.S., but the candidate must then pass “the highest level of security checks conducted on any category of traveler to the United States,” a State Department official said.
The expert quickly dismissed the driver’s license and ID card as fake, but was unable to distinguish the fake passport from a real one, the reporter said.
Even as French police were looking for terrorists last night the dimwitted, race-baiters at University of Missouri were actually complaining about how the terror attack was taking attention away from them. These screenshots via TheRightScoop, please visit the link for more:
Along with most Americans, “Black Lives Matter” supporters voiced views on the attacks via Twitter, yet instead of messages of love, the movement responded with a despicable “#FuckParis” tag
“I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild,” Clinton said, her voice growing louder. “That was good for New York, it was good for the economy and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked out country.”
Decades before Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that global warming was driving terrorism, U.S. intelligence officials warned that global cooling would cause massive crop failures, destabilize government and drive violent conflict.
In a bombshell world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER can reveal that the bad boy actor has been hiding an explosive secret from the world: He is HIV positive.
The number of obese Americans has risen to its highest point in a decade despite a wave of public health campaigns to get people to change the way they eat and drink.
Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic presidential debate.
Police are searching for a man after an FBI spokeswoman said weapons have gone missing following a break-in at an Army Reserve center in Worcester on Sunday.
In fact, per-capita public health spending has dropped 9.3 percent since 2008 — including a $40.2 billion decrease in disease-prevention and related programs through 2014, according to an article published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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You’ve heard me say many times that Indiana Democrats need to act like adults, and show up for work. Well, they haven’t been. As a result, important legislation has been held up. Like the human trafficking legislation the Governor wants done before the Super Bowl.
The reason they are rarely showing up for work is the push to make Indiana a right to work state. All that means is that an employee who doesn’t belong to a union can’t be forced to pay union dues in order to keep their job. If this law passes, the unions will get less money to give to Democrat politicians. Hence their outrage. It has nothing to do with protecting the workers of Indiana. Unions are not required to negotiate on behalf of non-union employees at the workplace. So there goes the union’s “free-loader” argument.
Since Democrats decided to not show up for work, they missed their deadline to submit amendments to the right to work legislation in question. In accordance with House rules, the Republicans refused to allow the Democrats to submit those amendments late.
That’s when this happened:
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I love the line …
American lives have been lost defending our democracy!
Yeah, because I joined the military to have a union steal money from my family against my will. What a noble ‘American’ value buddy.
Of course, honorable mention goes to …
Does ‘aye’ mean ‘yes’?
And …
You’ll be tarred and feathered for this!
Isn’t civility, maturity, and reason more meaningful when you see someone completely devoid of it?
Indiana‘s battle to become a right to work state has been dominating local headlines. We’ve discussed the issue several times on Michiana‘s Morning News, but several myths continue to persist.
In this edition of ‘The Burning Truth‘ I break down the facts of right to work states vs union states in hopes that some clarity can come to the issue. Hoosiers deserve honest and informed discourse on this issue. It is, after all, their livelihood on the line.
